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Wrong ideas about HIV, AIDS and sex
These are some of the reasons why they believe they do not need to use condoms
*Many believe that you can tell from the way a person looks that they have the HIV virus - THIS IS NOT TRUE
You cannot tell by looking at a person if they have the HIV virus. They can only know for sure if they have an HIV test.
*A lot of men still believe that you are only a real man if you have many sexual partners- THIS IS NOT TRUE
Having many sexual partners increases your risk of getting AIDS.
*Many young people do not think carefully before they have sex. They think they will not get the virus- THIS IS NOT TRUE
Anybody can get the virus. Young people need to be educated about condoms, sex, sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s), pregnancy and HIV.
*There are people who still believe that you will only get infected with the HIV virus if you have many partners, or if you are unmarried. They believe that you are safe as long as you have one partner at a time – THIS IS NOT TRUE
If your partner is HIV positive, you can get infected with the HIV virus every time you have unprotected sex.
REMEMBER:A lot of people who are HIV positive do not know it because they have not had an AIDS test.
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